There is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
ROLLO MAYThere is no authentic inner freedom that does not, sooner or later, also affect and change human history.
ROLLO MAYPeople only change when it becomes too dangerous to stay the way they are.
ROLLO MAYOne of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.
ROLLO MAYForge in the smithy of your soul.
ROLLO MAYJoy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one’s identity as a being of worth and dignity.
ROLLO MAYWhat if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
ROLLO MAYA mien which seems to say, “You are looking at somebody now.” For this inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.
ROLLO MAYMany people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don’t find themselves at all.
ROLLO MAYThe purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free.
ROLLO MAYThere can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular – though profoundly mistaken – definition of myth as falsehood.
ROLLO MAYArtists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds.
ROLLO MAYReligion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One’s religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for.
ROLLO MAYCommunication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
ROLLO MAYThe amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.
ROLLO MAYIt is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
ROLLO MAYLove is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
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